Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1887-10-14

vent Of Nyphemburg, in Bavaria. and
afterward to Schleswis- Holstein. From
there she was taken TO Italy, to the Ursr-
| line convent at Milan. Later she Travelled
In Italy with Uncle Lundi and Lady
| Anna, whose health was failing. They
| I'll came to this country. Before they left
| Uncle Edward came around and babe
them an affectionate farewell, and said
that when he and Sophia Adelaide were
all alone she might call him father" il
she would do so in whisper.
From this country they went to Quito,
the capital of Ecuador, from thence to
New Orleans, from New Orleans to Day
ton, o., where Uncle Lundi was stricken
down with the cholera. When his physi-
clans assured him that his case was hope
less he sent for Sophia Adelaide and told
her the secret of her birth. He had merely
taken charge of the child cfter his brothers
death, and was in no way responsible for
the criminal part of the work. In order
to better protect the friendless girl who
was then Is years old, he sent for priest
and made her the Countess de Lundi. A
few hours after the ceremony he was dead;
and two days later Lady Anna died. Both
were buried in Dayton.
Sophia Adelaide and her maid then went
to New Orleans, to live in the family Of
Lundi. While there she received letters
from "Uncle Edward" who urged her to
return to England, and assured her of n
safe retreat" The retreat" did not al
lure her. She wrote "Uncle Edward
that she would prefer to remain in America
for time, at least He grew angry at
her refusal, aid after writing her few
mandatory letters ceased to write her
altogether
Since then she has lived mostly in Eu-
rope. The last eight years of her life
were spent in France. In Cincinnati the
forlorn princess married n lawyer, whom
she had engaged to look after her affairs
She was subsequently divorced from him,
and, she says he then married her maid.
For long time, when she wanted
money, she wrote to the Rev. Edward
Bouverie, Colehll vicarage, Wiltshire,
England, and got it. He died in 1875.
John Brown, the queens faithful hench-
man, gave her money from time to time,
and once when the queen was i'll John
Brown took Sophia Adelaide to Windsor
castle, where she stayed all night, but
was sent away in the morning, because
the queen was better.
After John Brown died she got no more
money She says she has written to
Queen Victoria and to the Prince Of
Wales, but receives no reply. In Berlin
she felt SO forlorn and abandoned that she
became we'll nigh desperate She wrote
! to the crown princess and asked to be
taken into the royal household as a gov
erness, n proposition which was not ac-
cepted In Paris NJ. Mendes, of The Gil
Bias newspaper, and Lesclede, private sec
rotary to Victcr Hugo, wrote something
about her, which was suppressed in Eng
! ,,,,l Vntn
spoke guardedly of her in The London
World, and SO did Vanity Fair. The
Paris papers took up her story and talked
about it extensively. She says she has
been followed and bounded by detectives
all over Europe. In Paris she was perse-
cuted outrageously. There she was
known as the Comtesse de Lundi; but
here she uses the name Of Kent.
Mrs. Kent came to the United States
last May, and has be1n busy ever since
preparing her book and engaging a pub
Usher. Her story is written in the first
person, and, apart from the question of
it's truthfulness is decidedly interesting
in itself, and quite capable of engaging
the attention Of the public on its own
merits.
She is AZ years Of age, has an astonish.
ingly fresh complexion, brown hair and
large, light gray eyes. Nobody could nc
cuse Mrs. Kent of insanity. She seems tc
have a clear head and good business
judgment. Her object in coming to Amer
lea is to publish her book, make money
and pay off the debts she was obliged tc
contract in Paris. She had barely enough
funds for her immediate living expenses
when she arrived. She lives ct n modest
boarding house. She also asserts that
Pope Leo XIII is in possession of the rec
ords establishing her story.